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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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